CAVALRY IN TOUCH WITH TURKS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11643, 9 August 1916, Page 5

CAVALRY IN TOUCH WITH TURKS

BATTLEFIELD BEING CLEARED. TURKISH DEAD BURIED. Received August 9, 10.30 a.m. London, August 8. An Egyptian official report states that our mounted troops are in contact with the Turkish rearguard six miles eastward of Katia, where the Turks have constructed trenches when they began the advance. We are clearing the battlefields and hurled two hundred Turks in the area of Friday’s counter attack. Aeroplanes bombed Port Said and Suez, but with little material damage and slight casualties. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. PROTECTION FOR CaTHOLIC SOLDIERS. London, Aug. 8. The House of Commons passed the Army Act Amendment. Mr Lloyd George explained tha t he was seeking.,to protect young Irish Catholic soldiers against accusations involving their honour. There were other cases involving civilians. Lord Kitchener had approved of this form of enquiry. - Sir E. Carson approved the Bill, saying that lie knew a good deal of the facts. TRANSPORTERS STRIKE IN AMERICA. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, Received August 9, noon. New York, August 8; Most of the Companies involved in the railway strikes have settled the dispute by granting the employees the right to organise and deal with employers through representative committees. DISCOVERY. , • . . ■ London, August 8, Berlin reports the discovery of a process by which paper Can be made from cotton stalks. 1 1